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| Nationality | Romanian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1989 Buzău, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 46 (October 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 46 (October 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Post SV Mühlhausen & SCM Gloria Buzău | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ovidiu Ionescu (born 28 June 1989)[1] is a Romanian professional table tennis player who plays with Post SV Mühlhausen and SCM Gloria Buzău.[2][3]
Career
Ionescu competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the singles event, in which he was eliminated in the third round by Marcos Freitas.[4][5]
In September 2018, Ionescu reached his first European Championships final but lost to No.1 seed Timo Boll. He defeated holder of the continental title Emmanuel Lebesson in the second round, 6th seed Jonathan Groth in the round of 16, 9th seed Vladimir Samsonov in the quarterfinals and 8th seed Kristian Karlsson in the semi-finals.[6][7]
Titles
- Romanian Championships: 3 Singles Titles (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Single European Runner-Up 2018
- European Championships: 2 Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal together with Bernadette Szőcs (2012, 2016)
Clubs
Ionescu has been playing in Germany since 2005. He entered the World Singles Rankings – Top 100 for the first time in 2016.
References
- ^ "Player profile". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "Ovidiu Ionescu" (in German). ttbl.de. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "De la 1 ianuarie, Ovidiu Ionescu este jucătorul clubului SCM Gloria Buzău" (in Romanian). Scurt pe 2. 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Ovidiu Ionescu". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Men's Singles – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Pride restored, Ovidiu Ionescu upholds national honour". International Table Tennis Federation. 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Ovidiu Ionescu, argint istoric la Campionatele Europene de tenis de masă" (in Romanian). Prosport. 23 September 2018.
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Romanian male table tennis players
- Olympic table tennis players of Romania
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- People from Buzău
- World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in table tennis
- European Games silver medalists for Romania
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Romanian people
- 21st-century Romanian people
- European table tennis biography stubs
- Romanian sportspeople stubs